Change and continuity in Japanese compensation practices: the case of occupational pensions since the early 2000s

References

• Abegglen , J.C. 1958 . The Japanese Factory , Glencoe, IL : Free Press .
   Google Scholar
• Aoki , M. 1988 . Information, Incentives and Bargaining in the Japanese Economy , Cambridge : Cambridge University Press .
   Google Scholar
• Aoki , M. , Jackson , G. and Miyajima , H. 2007 . Corporate Governance in Japan: Institutional Change and Organizational Diversity , Oxford : Oxford University Press .
   Google Scholar
• Bodie , Z. , Marcus , A.J. and Merton , R.C. 1988 . “ Defined Benefit versus Defined Contribution Pension Plans: What are the Real Trade-offs? ” . In Pensions in the US Economy , Edited by: Bodie , Z. , Marcus , A.J. and Merton , R.C. 139 – 162 . Chicago, IL : University of Chicago Press .
   Google Scholar
• Bridgen , P. and Meyer , T. 2005 . When do Benevolent Capitalists Change Their Mind? Explaining the Retrenchment of Defined-Benefit Pensions in Britain . Social Policy and Administration , 39 ( 7 ) : 764 – 785 .
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Campbell , S. 1996 . Hybrid Retirement Plans: The Retirement Income System Continues to Evolve . EBRI Issue Brief , 171
   Google Scholar
• Conrad , H. 2010 . From Seniority to Performance Principle – The Evolution of Pay Practices in Japanese Firms since the 1990s . Social Science Japan Journal , 13 ( 1 ) : 115 – 135 .
   Google Scholar
• Cutler , T. and Waine , B. 2001 . Social Insecurity and the Retreat from Social Democracy: Occupational Welfare in the Long Boom and Financialisation . Review of International Political Economy , 18 ( 1 ) : 96 – 118 .
   Google Scholar
• Debroux , P. 2003 . Human Resource Management in Japan: Changes and Uncertainties , Hampshire : Ashgate .
   Google Scholar
• Deeg , R. and Jackson , G. 2007 . The State of the Art – Towards a More Dynamic Theory of Capitalist Variety . Socio-Economic Review , 5 : 149 – 179 .
   Google Scholar
• Dokuritsu Gyōsei Hōjin Jinkō Kōrei Shōgaisha Koyō Shien Kikō (DGHJKSKSK) . 2008 . Kōrei Shakai Tōkei Yōran [Statistical Handbook on the Aging Society] , Tokyo : DGHJKSKSK .
   Google Scholar
• Dore , R. 2000 . Stock Market Capitalism – Welfare Capitalism: Japan and Germany versus the Anglo-Saxons , Oxford : Oxford University Press .
   Google Scholar
• Employee Benefit Research Institute (EBRI) . 2007 . Facts from EBRI: Retirement Trends in the United States Over the Past Quarter-Century http://www.ebri.org/pdf/publications/facts/0607fact.pdf
   Google Scholar
• Employee Benefit Research Institute (EBRI) . 2009 . Fundamentals of Employee Benefit Programs http://www.ebri.org/publications/books/index.cfm?fa = fundamentals
   Google Scholar
• Esping-Andersen , G. 1996 . “ Conclusion: Occupational Welfare in the Social Policy Nexus ” . In The Privatization of Social Policy? Occupational Welfare and the Welfare State in America, Scandinavia and Japan , Edited by: Shalev , M. 327 – 338 . Basingstoke : Macmillan .
   Google Scholar
• Estévez-Abe , M. 2008 . Welfare and Capitalism in Postwar Japan , Cambridge : Cambridge University Press .
   Google Scholar
• Fukuda , E. 2002 . Matushita Denki Sangyō Kabushiki Gaisha – Taishokukin Nenkin Seido no Kaite ni Tsuite [On the Revision of the Retirement Benefit and Pension System at Matsushita] http://www.ier.hit-u.ac.jp/jprc/soukai2002/fukuda-ppt.pdf
   Google Scholar
• Hall , P.A. and Soskice , D. 2001 . “ An Introduction to Varieties of Capitalism ” . In Varieties of Capitalism: The Institutional Foundations of Comparative Advantage , Edited by: Hall , P.A. and Soskice , D. 1 – 68 . Oxford : Oxford University Press .
   Google Scholar
• Hollingsworth , J.R. and Boyer , R. 1997 . Contemporary Capitalism: The Embeddedness of Institutions , Cambridge : Cambridge University Press .
   Google Scholar
• Huh, E., and McLellan, S. (2007), ‘A Tale of Two Pension Reforms: A US-Japan Comparison,’ Pension Research Council Working Paper 2007-01
   Google Scholar
• Husted , E.C. 1998 . “ Trends in Retirement Income Plan Administrative Expenses ” . In Living with Defined Contribution Pensions , Edited by: Mitchell , O.S. and Schieber , S.J. 166 – 177 . Philadelphia, PA : University of Pennsylvania Press .
   Google Scholar
• Inagami , T. and Whittaker , D.H. 2005 . The New Community Firm , Cambridge : Cambridge University Press .
   Google Scholar
• Jacoby , S.M. 2005 . The Embedded Corporation: Corporate Governance and Employment Relations in Japan and the United States , Princeton, NJ : Princeton University Press .
   Google Scholar
• The Japan Institute for Labour Policy and Training (JILPT) . 2008 . Japanese Working Life Profile 2008/2009 , Tokyo : JILPT .
   Google Scholar
• The Japan Institute for Labour Policy and Training (JILPT) . 2009 . Labor Situation in Japan and Analysis: Detailed Exposition 2009/2010 , Tokyo : JILPT .
   Google Scholar
• Katz , H.C. and Darbishire , O. 2000 . Converging Divergencies: Worldwide Changes in Employment Systems , Ithaca, NY : Cornell University Press .
   Google Scholar
• Keizer , A.B. 2009 . Transformations in- and Outside the Internal Labour Market: Institutional Change and Continuity in Japanese Employment Practices . International Journal of Human Resource Management , 20 ( 7 ) : 1521 – 1535 .
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Kerr , C. , Dunlop , J.T. , Harbison , F.H. and Myers , C.A. 1962 . Industrialism and Industrial Man: The Problems of Labour and Management in Economic Growth , London : Heinemann Education .
   Google Scholar
• Kigyō Nenkin Kenkyūkai . 2007 . Kigyō Nenkin Seido no Shikō Jōkyō no Kenshō Kekka – An – Shiryō 1 [Results from a Review into the Enforcement of the Corporate Pension System – Proposal – Material no.1 ] , Tokyo : Kōseirōdōshō .
   Google Scholar
• Kigyō Nenkin Kenkyūkai . 2008 . Tekikaku Taishoku Nenkin no Ikō no Genjō Oyobi Torikumi – Shiryō 2 [The Current Situation of the Transfer of the Tax–Qualified Pension Plans – Material No. 2] , Tokyo : Kōseirōdōshō .
   Google Scholar
• Kigyō Nenkin Rengōkai . 2003, 2008 . Kigyō Nenkin ni kan suru Kiso Shiryō [Basic Data about Corporate Pensions] , Tokyo : Kigyō Nenkin Rengōkai .
   Google Scholar
• Kōseirōdōshō . 1997, 2003, 2008 . Jurō Jōken Sōgō Chōsa [1997, 2003, 2008 General Survey of Employment Conditions] , Tokyo : Kōseirōdōshō .
   Google Scholar
• Kōseirōdōshō Nenkinkyoku . 2009 . Kigyō Nenkin Seido – Heisei 21-nen 4-gatsu, 13-nichi [The Occupational Pension System 13 April 2009] , Tokyo : Internal document .
   Google Scholar
• Lane , C. 1995 . Industry and Society in Europe: Stability and Change in Britain, Germany and France , Aldershot : Edward Elgar .
   Google Scholar
• Life Design Kenkyūjo . 2000 . Heisei 12-nenban Kigyō Nenkin Hakusho – [Occupational Pension White Paper 2000] , Tokyo : Life Design Kenkyūjo .
   Google Scholar
• Logue , D.E. and Rader , J.S. 1998 . Managing Pension Plans – A Comprehensive Guide to Improving Plan Performance , Boston, MA : Harvard Business School Press .
   Google Scholar
• Mayrhofer , W. and Brewster , C. 2005 . European Human Resource Management: Researching Developments Over Time . Management Revue , 16 ( 1 ) : 36 – 62 .
   Google Scholar
• Morishima , M. 2002 . Pay Practices in Japanese Organizations: Changes and Non-Changes . Japan Labour Bulletin , 41 ( 4 ) : 8 – 13 .
   Google Scholar
• Nakamura , K. 2006 . Seika Shugi no Shinjitsu [The Truth About Performance-based Pay] , Tokyo : Tōyō Keizai Shinpōsha .
   Google Scholar
• Nihon Keizai Shinbun (2008), ‘Firms Pursue More Affordable, Sustainable Pension Schemes,’ 20 June
   Google Scholar
• Nihon Rōdō Kumiai Sōrengōkai and Kinyū Nenkin Mondai Kyōiku Nettowaku (NRKS and KNMKN) . 2008 . Taishokukin Kigyō Nenkin Seido Ikō Taiō Handobukku 2009-nenpan [Handbook for the Response to Transfers of the Lump-sum Payment and the Occupational Pension System] , Tokyo : Nihon Rōdō Kumiai Sōrengōkai .
   Google Scholar
• Nihon Rōdō Seisaku Kenkyū Kenshū Kikō (NRSKKK) . 2006 . Gendai Nihon Kigyō no Jinzai Manejimento . [The Contemporary Management of Japanese Companies],’ Rōdō Seisaku Kenkyū Hokokusho ,
   Google Scholar
• Nomura Research Institute . 2007 . “ Japan's Asset Management Business (Summary) ” . 28 Lakyara .
   Google Scholar
• Office for National Statistics . 2008 . Occupational Pension Schemes Annual Report , Newport : Office for National Statistics .
   Google Scholar
• Ogoshi , Y. 2006 . Current Japanese Employment Practices and Industrial Relations: The Transformation of Permanent Employment and Seniority-Based Wage System . Asian Business and Management , 5 : 469 – 485 .
   Google Scholar
• Ostaszewski , K. 2001 . Macroeconomic Aspects of Private Retirement Programs . North American Actuarial Journal , July : 52 – 64 .
   Google Scholar
• Pensions & Investments (2007), ‘Japan Could Avoid Path of Defined Contribution Shift,’ 24 December. http://www.pionline.com/article/20071224/PRINTSUB/722609036
   Google Scholar
• Rein , M. 1996 . “ Is America Exceptional? The Role of Occupational Welfare in the United States and the European Community ” . In The Privatization of Social Policy? Occupational Welfare and the Welfare State in America, Scandinavia and Japan , Edited by: Shaley , M. 27 – 43 . Basingstoke : Macmillan .
   Google Scholar
• Sano , K. 2007 . “ Kigyō Nenkin Seido de Wakaru Jinji Senryaku, [Understanding the Human Resource Strategy from the Occupational Pension System] ” . In Kigyō Nenkin no Gabanansu , Edited by: Morito , H. 27 – 54 . Tokyo : Chūō Keizai .
   Google Scholar
• Sato, M. (2005), ‘2007 Problems Loom Large,’ Daily Yomiuri, 30 July
   Google Scholar
• Shibata , H. 2000 . The Transformation of the Wage and Performance Appraisal System in a Japanese Firm . International Journal of Human Resource Management , 11 ( 2 ) : 294 – 313 .
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Shiniapuran Kaihatsu Kikō . 2004 . Taishokukin – Kigyō Nenkin Seido Kaikaku no Shinchoku Jōkyō to Kongo no Hōkō ni Kan Suru Chōsa Kenkyū [Research Report on the Progress and Future Direction of Retirement Benefits and Occupational Pensions] , Tokyo : Shinapuran Kaihatsu Kikō .
   Google Scholar
• Suda , T. 2007 . Converging or Still Diverging? A Comparison of Pay Systems in the UK and Japan . International Journal of Human Resource Management , 18 ( 4 ) : 568 – 601 .
   Google Scholar
• US Bureau of Labor Statistics . 2006 . Defined Benefit Retirement Plans – Selected Features http://www.census.gov/compendia/statab/tables/09s0534.xls
   Google Scholar
• US Department of Labor . 2008 . Private Pension Plan Bulletin Historical Tables http://www.dol.gov/ebsa/pdf/privatepensionplanbulletinhistoricaltables.pdf
   Google Scholar
• VanDerhei , J. and Copeland , C. 2001 . The Changing Face of Private Retirement Plans . EBRI Issue Brief , 232
   Google Scholar
• Vogel , S.K. 2006 . Japan Remodeled , Ithaca, NY : Cornell University Press .
   Google Scholar
• Warshawsky , M.J. 1995 . Determinants of Pension Plan Formations and Terminations . Benefits Quarterly , 4 : 71 – 80 .
   Google Scholar
• Whitely , R. 1999 . Divergent Capitalisms – The Social Structuring and Change of Business Systems , Oxford : Oxford University Press .
   Google Scholar
• Wood , G. , Brewster , C. , Johnson , P. and Brookes , M. 2009 . The Antecedents of Comparative Differences in Collective Bargaining . Working Paper, School of Management, University of Sheffield
   Google Scholar